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  • in reply to: 20201113 – Chose the M750 Sledder #10732
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    Launch video:

    in reply to: 20201030 – F4 195 M750 – LZ vid #10650
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    2020-10-30 13.54.00

    Crystal clear at the 750 looking west to Mt. Baldy.

     

    2020-10-30 13.54.31

    Gettin’ a 1970’s/80’s vibe goin’ with the non-haircut.

    in reply to: Wednesday cry day? #10589
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    20201027_083654AND the kitchen sink!

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    Shade just promotes gathering.

    in reply to: Kenny Westfall R.I.P. #10358
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    I found a few more internet pix of Kenny.  Two from Summer of ’06, one from 2010 w/Dave Childs.

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    Quicksilver Three

    in reply to: Kenny Westfall R.I.P. #10344
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    It’s a real bummer to lose Kenny like that.  He sure lived life on his own terms!

    We had fun saying “Hi Ken” to each other.  Good times flying.

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    Kenny Westfall with his Talon (??!) at AJX LZ, 28 Oct. 2010

    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10320
    Ken Howells
    General Member

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    I don’t see any Santa Anas or Red Flag Warnings here.

    Blanket closures like this are bureaucratic laziness at its finest.

     

    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10319
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    20200930_201223

    I don’t see any Santa Anas or Red Flag Warnings here.

    in reply to: Baa! #10312
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    Baa!

    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10304
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    Please let the forest closure expire today! Please, please, PLEASE!!!!

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    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10202
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    But Tom, that isn’t fair to the people who can’t launch Crestline! We all have to suffer equally!

    Actually, I applaud Tom’s clear-headed appraisal.  Using Crestline launch should be considered OK.

    Just keep your tobacco in your cheek and your gender concealed.

     

    in reply to: Sadness and Gratefulness #10178
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    I celebrate Nita!

    Ever cheerful and loving she embraced the world and everyone in it.

    I started learning to hang glide in the summer of 1985 and Andy died from cancer that Labor Day weekend. I hadn’t seen the place when it was party-like but understood that it was. Nita could have packed-up and walked away from the airpark and hang gliding and been perfectly justified and understood.

    But she stayed a while, and hung on long enough for a smooth transition and clout later when the State water project threatened. There were some fun Christmas parties at Nitas with the pilots way back when.

    So I got to keep flying hang gliders here in my home town and got involved with the club and got a job in hang gliding and met a whole lot of interesting people and made some lifelong friends.

    Few have had such an impact on the course of my life.

    Thanks Nita!

     

    Love,

    Ken

    in reply to: Saturday 29 Aug 2020 M750 #10101
    Ken Howells
    General Member

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    in reply to: 20200809 15:00 750 S3 155 0:55 #9944
    Ken Howells
    General Member

     

    in reply to: Soarable Morning #9942
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    Nice catch, Bob!

    in reply to: Saturday July 18, 2020 – Carpe Thermal #9710
    Ken Howells
    General Member

    Flying a hang glider mid-afternoon with the air to myself (unusually, but pandemic) and I saw a lone individual arrive at Marshall Peak and take it in. Decided to drop in and say hello.

    7/18/2020, Marshall Peak, CA